Perth Scorchers vs Sydney Sixers, Final

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The Sixers run towards the trophy and envelop their skipper. The camaraderie is evident. Both these teams will play the Champions League.

Steven Smith: Perth have had an outstanding tournament. I would like to say thanks to my friends. A big vote of thanks to the support staff.

Marcus North: Sydney have an outstanding bunch of players. We were outplayed. It has been a great privilege to lead this side. The Perth crowd has been outstanding. I truly appreciate playing in such an environment. Thank you.

David Hussey is the player of the series. He has scored 243 runs and picked up 8 wickets.

Moises Henriques: This was my best. We bowled really well to restrict them to an average total.

Moises Henriques is the Man of the Match. He thumped his way to 70 from 41 balls. His knock included six 4s and four 6s.

Ronchi: We lost two early wickets. Mitch batted well, but Moises batted us out of the game. To get to the final feels really good. It's a massive achievement. There's a good group of young players in this side. Hopefully we shall perform well in the Champions League.

Lee: It has been a wonderful journey. The guys have played really well. Moises was brilliant. The batsmen played their shots beautifully. We are all very close mates. We put in the best performance in the final.

The Sixers started off really well restricting the home team ,to what will be in retrospect, an average total. Moises Henriques exploded at the start of the innings and gave momentum to the chase. Smith finished it off at the end without any hiccups. Overall, a thoroughly professional performance.

MacGill and the rest of the Sixers run onto the field. They are ecstatic. Hanshakes all around. This has been a clinical win.

18.5 Edmondson to Steven Smith, FOUR, that's the game. Full on the middle, Steven Smith drives it down past mid on for a boundary. Sydney Sixers are the first to win the city based Big Bash League.

18.4 Edmondson to Steven Smith, no run, brilliant yorker on middle stump, Steven Smith can do nothing but dig it out back to the bowler

18.3 Edmondson to Rohrer, 1 run, low full toss angled across Rohrer who guides it to the point region. Gibbs stops it brilliantly and sends in a throw at the non striker end. It's a touch wide or Rohrer would have been run out.

18.2 Edmondson to Rohrer, 2 runs, high full toss on the body, Rohrer pushes it to deep extra cover and comes back for the second. Hushed silence across the WACA ground.

18.1 Edmondson to Steven Smith, 1 run, good length delivery on the off stump, Steven Smith plays it to the cover region for a single

17.6 Rimmington to Steven Smith, 1 run, full and wide outside off, Steven Smith drives it to sweeper cover for a single. This cameo from Smith has tilted the scales in his team's favor.

17.5 Rimmington to Steven Smith, FOUR, Rimmington tries the yorker outside off, Steven Smith looks to drive and gets an inside edge which rolls through the fine leg region for a boundary.

17.4 Rimmington to Steven Smith, no run, slower delivery on the off sutmp, Steven Smith looks to guide it fine, chops it in front of the off stump. Rohrer wants the single, but Steven Smith sends him back

17.2 Rimmington to Steven Smith, FOUR, this one is short and angled down the leg side, Steven Smith pulls it behind square. The fine leg is inside the circle and that's another boundary for Smith.

17.1 Rimmington to Steven Smith, FOUR, back of a length slower delivery outside off, Steven Smith guides it past the short third man fielder for a boundary

Nathan Rimmington [2.0-0-21-0] is back into the attack

16.6 Edmondson to Steven Smith, 1 run, low full toss outside off, almost paddled straight to the fielder at deep square. On the bounce to Mitch Marsh

16.5 Edmondson to Steven Smith, no run, a run-out chance missed. Low full toss outside off and Steven Smith tapped it to short mid. Rohrer was a long way down and the under-arm flick missed the stumps. It just about missed. The crowd can't believe it

Ben Rohrer, left handed bat, comes to the crease

16.4 Edmondson to O'Keefe, out Caught by Rimmington!! Is this game turning? The crowd are back on their feet. O'Keefe shuffles across to off and paddles it, Rimmington runs back from short fine and takes an easy catch. The Scorchers are back in this. O'Keefe c Rimmington b Edmondson 48(46) [4s-3 6s-2]

Edmondson to O'Keefe, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

16.3 Edmondson to O'Keefe, no run, another swing and a miss. Pitched up and outside off, O'Keefe swings hard and completely misses

Steven Smith, right handed bat, comes to the crease

16.2 Edmondson to Maddinson, out Caught by North at mid wicket!! What a catch. Swirler and North running to his left from mid wicket kept his eyes on the ball till the last moment and took it with both hands. Wasn't an easy catch at all, as the ball went up a long way in the air. Maddinson skying it pretty high as he went for a lofted swipe across the line. Maddinson c North b Edmondson 10(13) [4s-1]

Edmondson to Maddinson, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

16.1 Edmondson to Maddinson, no run, back of a length delivery and follows Maddinson who punches it back to Edmondson

16.1 Edmondson to Maddinson, wide, that is a wild delivery. Slower one down leg and short as well. Bad delivery and an easy wide called

Ben Edmondson [2.0-0-20-0] is back into the attack

15.6 Coulter-Nile to O'Keefe, no run, and this is good bowling, but seriously poor batting from O'Keefe. This low full toss swings away after going past the slog of O'Keefe. Pity it wasn't on the stumps

15.5 Coulter-Nile to O'Keefe, no run, a wild swing and a miss. O'Keefe closing his eyes and slogging to a full and wide one outside off

15.4 Coulter-Nile to Maddinson, 1 run, well executed late cut to a midle stump ball. Maddinson arching back and then opening the face to get it down to third man

15.3 Coulter-Nile to O'Keefe, wide, pretty high bouncer and called a wide. Coulter-Nile is shaking his head as he walks back

15.2 Coulter-Nile to O'Keefe, no run, pacy back of a length delivery outside off, O'Keefe slashes and misses. A dot

15.1 Coulter-Nile to Maddinson, 1 run, low full toss outside off, Maddinson opens the face of the bat and glides it to third man

Nathan Coulter-Nile [3.0-0-19-0] is back into the attack

14.6 Brad Hogg to O'Keefe, SIX, the last ball of Brad Hogg's over has gone for a six and that is a hammer blow. O'Keefe rocks back and pulls it over deep mid. Picked the length quickly and put it away. O'Keefe handling the chase really well. A cool head under pressure.

14.5 Brad Hogg to O'Keefe, no run, flicked to Colly at mid wicket, who makes a diving stop. Good stop that

14.4 Brad Hogg to O'Keefe, no run, well tossed up on the stumps, O'Keefe drives it back to Brad Hogg

14.3 Brad Hogg to Maddinson, 1 run, comes down the track and slugs it down to long off. Well in front of the fielder

14.2 Brad Hogg to Maddinson, no run, Maddinson comes down the track and digs it out back to Brad Hogg

14.1 Brad Hogg to O'Keefe, 1 run, wrong-un from Brad Hogg, O'Keefe slogs it wide of long on. A single taken

13.2 Mike Beer to Maddinson, 1 run, softly turns it to deep square and another single is taken

13.1 Mike Beer to O'Keefe, 1 run, turned to short mid wicket, a quick single is taken

Michael Beer [2.0-0-20-0] is back into the attack

12.6 Brad Hogg to Maddinson, no run, Maddinson gets forward and defends to cover. Third successive dot to end the over.

12.5 Brad Hogg to Maddinson, no run, now beats him on the cut with a sharp turning and bouncing delivery outside off

12.4 Brad Hogg to Maddinson, no run, good one from Brad Hogg, Maddinson played it well too, got forward and then went back, to open the face to run it down it to short third. Brad Hogg stares at Maddinson for good measure

12.3 Brad Hogg to O'Keefe, 1 run, now O'Keefe backs away and cuts it to the sweeper cover again

12.2 Brad Hogg to Maddinson, 1 run, makes room and cuts it down to sweeper cover

Nic Maddinson, left handed bat, comes to the crease

12.2 Brad Hogg to Henriques, wide, out Stumped!! Brad Hogg gets his man. But it looks like just a consolation wicket. Brad Hogg drifting it down leg, after seeing Henriques coming down. Ronchi does the rest after the batsman missed the flick. Henriques st Ronchi b Brad Hogg 70(41) [4s-6 6s-4]

Brad Hogg to Henriques, THATS OUT!! Stumped!!

12.1 Brad Hogg to Henriques, no run, a stifled appeal for a caught behind, but that bounced past the edge. Henriques going for a cut and missing it. Extra bounce for Brad Hogg

Brad Hogg [2.0-0-18-0] is back into the attack

11.6 Rimmington to O'Keefe, no run, O'Keefe shuffles across to off and attempts the paddle, beaten as the ball flies over the stumps

11.5 Rimmington to O'Keefe, FOUR, North has a resigned look on his face after O'Keefe smashes it over mid off, inside the circle. Overpitched on off, O'Keefe smoked it cleanly. Rimmington not doing the job at all

11.4 Rimmington to O'Keefe, 2 runs, makes room and slices it over poiint. By the time deep backward point, comes around they come back for a couple

11.2 Rimmington to Henriques, no run, off the pads down to backward square as Henriques missed the flick

11.1 Rimmington to Henriques, FOUR, nothing is going right for the Scorchers. Slashed away past short third who was inside the ring. Too short and wide outside off from Rimmington. The crowd are very silent and for a reason too

Nathan Rimmington [1.0-0-10-0] is back into the attack

10.6 Coulter-Nile to O'Keefe, 2 runs, now Colly makes a hash of a simple stop. The Scorchers falling apart. Colly lets it go through his hands after O'Keefe drove a low full toss straight to him at cover

10.5 Coulter-Nile to O'Keefe, no run, O'Keefe tries something cute and it doesn't pay off. Shuffles across to off and attempts the paddle sweep, it was a full toss, O'Keefe bottom edged it to the keeper on the bounce

10.4 Coulter-Nile to Henriques, 1 run, driven to long off

10.3 Coulter-Nile to Henriques, SIX, Clean striking from Henriques. He is taking the game away from the Scorchers. Now over long off, with a lofted drive. Timed it well to clear the rope. Coulter-Nile doing the right thing by going full, but Henriques was too good that time

10.3 Coulter-Nile to Henriques, wide, short and down leg, Henriques ducks and it is called a wide

10.2 Coulter-Nile to Henriques, no run, fullish on off, driven straight to the fielder at mid off

10.1 Coulter-Nile to Henriques, SIX, North brings Coulter-Nile back to get a wicket and he goes for a six first ball. Well caught in the crowd by a spectator with his right hand, beer in the left hand as well. Fab stuff. Henriques knifing a length ball on the stumps over long on. Just sheer power from Henriques

Nathan Coulter-Nile [2.0-0-3-0] is back into the attack

9.6 Brad Hogg to O'Keefe, 2 runs, low full toss, swept to deep square, they take on the strong arm of Coulter-Nile and make it back with a dive. O'Keefe getting there easily in the end

9.5 Brad Hogg to O'Keefe, FOUR, that is a fine whip jab over mid wicket. O'Keefe getting forward and just shovelling it with strong bottom hand. Long on went to his right, but too much timing on that

9.4 Brad Hogg to O'Keefe, no run, gets forward and turns it to mid wicket. A dot

9.3 Brad Hogg to Henriques, 1 run, makes room and drives it to long off

9.2 Brad Hogg to O'Keefe, 1 run, low full toss on the stumps, squirted away over the head of a leaping Brad Hogg. A single to long on again

9.1 Brad Hogg to Henriques, 1 run, too full and on the stumps, Henriques makes room and drills it to long on

8.6 Mitchell Marsh to Henriques, 1 run, back of a length on the middle and leg, turned to backward square to keep the strike. A fifty for Henriques. Pity that the crowd don't appreciate a fine innings. Too partisan.

8.5 Mitchell Marsh to O'Keefe, 1 run, low full toss on the stumps, O'Keefe just swings it to deep mid wicket. Didn't time it well enough, so got it straight to the fielder

8.4 Mitchell Marsh to O'Keefe, SIX, Flat hit! Mitchell Marsh has been given a dose of his own medicine. Short and on the stumps, O'Keefe pulls hard and gets it over deep square. Just over the man. The Scorchers need a wicket

8.3 Mitchell Marsh to Henriques, 1 run, back of a length outside off, dabbed down to third man

8.2 Mitchell Marsh to O'Keefe, 1 run, Coulter-Nile keeps it down to a single after O'Keefe miscued the lofted shot to him at long off

6.5 Mike Beer to O'Keefe, no run, slower and on the stumps, turned to the on side

6.4 Mike Beer to Henriques, 1 run, Mike Beer goes round the wicket and fires in a low full toss on the stumps, flicked to deep backward square

6.3 Mike Beer to Henriques, SIX, and again. This time over long on. Similar lofted hit. Mike Beer bowling too full and Henriques cashing in. A bloke in the crowd drops his beer trying to catch it - how ironic.

6.2 Mike Beer to Henriques, SIX, powerful shot. Makes room and then smashes it over long off. Cleared his front leg and hit it many a mile. The ball soars over the fence. The crowd go silent

5.4 Edmondson to O'Keefe, 1 run, slashed away and it bounces down to third man. A thick outside edge this one

5.3 Edmondson to O'Keefe, no run, swing and a miss. Full one outside off, O'Keefe has a wild swish and misses it completely

5.2 Edmondson to Henriques, 1 run, backs away and opens the face of the bat to squeeze it to sweeper cover

5.1 Edmondson to Henriques, FOUR, Smashed! Henriques backs away and drills it over mid off. Wide of cover too. Can't stop that. Henriques playing really well at the moment

4.6 Coulter-Nile to O'Keefe, no run, pacy bouncer, O'Keefe hooks and misses. Close to a wide, not given though

4.5 Coulter-Nile to O'Keefe, no run, how did that miss the off stump? Coulter-Nile and Ronchi can't believe it. Low full toss on off, O'Keefe makes room and tries to go over cover, bottom edged just past the off stump and Ronchi makes a fine diving stop to his right. Saved a boundary. But that was very close to the off stump. Another coat of varnish maybe

4.4 Coulter-Nile to O'Keefe, 2 runs, toe ended slice over point. Third man charging forward had no chance. O'Keefe throwing his bat at everything and not connecting anything

4.3 Coulter-Nile to O'Keefe, no run, now attempts a wild slog to a big pacy away swinger. The ball flies through to Ronchi. Real aggression from Coulter-Nile

4.2 Coulter-Nile to O'Keefe, no run, now O'Keefe gets a bottom edge on the bounce to Marsh at slip. Backed away and tried to slash it away, could only toe end it on the bounce

4.1 Coulter-Nile to O'Keefe, no run, not there for the cut, O'Keefe can only dab it softly to point. Too fast and not so short for that shot

3.6 Edmondson to Henriques, no run, Henriques makes room and Edmondson bowls it slower, punched to cover, straight to the fielder

3.5 Edmondson to Henriques, FOUR, can't bowl short to Henriques and at Edmondson's pace it is a sin. Very short outside off, Henriques pulled it over mid on. Hit very hard and it bounces away into the ropes

3.4 Edmondson to Henriques, no run, Edmondson comes back well with a back of a length delivery on off, forces Henriques to defend

3.3 Edmondson to Henriques, FOUR, Henriques backs away and crunches it over cover. Almost a biggie. One bounce and over the ropes. Carved into the fence

3.2 Edmondson to O'Keefe, 1 run, short of length outside off, glided uppishly wide of point, down to third man

3.1 Edmondson to Henriques, 1 run, back of a length on middle and leg, flicked away to backward square leg, a single

Ben Edmondson, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack

2.6 Coulter-Nile to Henriques, 1 run, short and wide outside off, Henriques slashes hard and gets it down to third man. Off the toe end and he retains the strike with that run. Prevented the maiden

2.5 Coulter-Nile to Henriques, no run, good fielding at mid wicket. Low full toss on the stumps, turned to the man who makes a sharp stop

2.4 Coulter-Nile to Henriques, no run, that has flow through to Ronchi. Full and pacy delivery outside off, Henriques slashed and missed. Ronchi takes it in front of his face

2.3 Coulter-Nile to Henriques, no run, what fielding from Gibbs at point. Cut to his left and he moved very quickly to cut it off. He is pumped up and urges on his mates

2.2 Coulter-Nile to Henriques, no run, tight delivery on the stumps, Henriques gets right behind the line to defend

2.1 Coulter-Nile to Henriques, no run, Coulter-Nile is lucky to get away with this. Short and wide outside off, Henriques slashed hard and missed. Close to a wide, not given

Nathan Coulter-Nile, right-arm fast, comes into the attack

1.6 Rimmington to O'Keefe, no run, now sensibly leaves a rising back of a length delivery outside off alone

1.5 Rimmington to O'Keefe, no run, comes down the track and mistimes the short of length delivery on the stumps to cover. O'Keefe completely messing up the timing

1.4 Rimmington to Henriques, 3 runs, a fine square drive from Henriques this time. Opened the face and got it wide of point. The man runs back and puts in the dive to save a run. Good committment shown

1.3 Rimmington to O'Keefe, 1 run, now an inside edge onto the pads as he looks to flick, rolls to cover. They take a quick single

1.3 Rimmington to O'Keefe, wide, a big inswinger, but down leg, called a wide

1.2 Rimmington to O'Keefe, FOUR, that's has been driven past Collingwood at cover. Hit on the up after O'Keefe got forward and cover drive with the swing. First boundary for O'Keefe

0.6 Mike Beer to O'Keefe, no run, flat and skidding on, O'Keefe goes on the backfoot and works it to mid wicket

0.5 Mike Beer to Henriques, 1 run, Henriques gets forward and the bat turns in the hand as he drives to long on

0.4 Mike Beer to Henriques, FOUR, this time he cuts and cuts well. Made room and then smashed it away through cover. Picked the short delivery and hit it well

0.3 Mike Beer to Henriques, no run, Henriques makes room and cuts it straight to the fielder at point. Can't get it away

0.2 Mike Beer to Henriques, no run, flicked in the air and just short of mid wicket.

0.1 Mike Beer to Henriques, no run, coming in nicely with the arm, Henriques reads it off the backfoot and defends

Henriques and O'Keefe are at the crease. Henriques is on strike. Mike Beer will open the attack

So the Scorchers finish on 156. Not a great score, not a bad one either. The perfect score for a final. Mitchell Marsh was the star once again, timing his assault perfectly. The Sixers bowled really well at the start and during the death when Lee had the ball. MacGill was his usual miserly self in the middle overs and prevented Marsh from getting away. It should be a nervy chase for the Sixers and the Scorchers have some fine bowlers. Do stay tuned for the chase.

19.6 Brett Lee to Mitchell Marsh, byes, 1 run, superb last over by Brett Lee. Bowls another fine yorker outside off, Mitchell Marsh fails to get any wood on it. Collides with Lee on his way to taking a bye. All is well though as both men smile about it and move on

19.5 Brett Lee to Mitchell Marsh, no run, what a bowler Brett Lee is? Full, inswinging perfect yorker on the stumps, Mitchell Marsh could only dig it back to Brett Lee. A dot at this stage - quite magnificent

19.4 Brett Lee to Rimmington, byes, 1 run, 145 kmph pacy delivery outside off, Rimmington makes room and tries to glide it down to third man. Misses, and they run a sharp bye. The keeper doesn't throw.

19.3 Brett Lee to Mitchell Marsh, 1 run, low full toss, mistimed to mid wicket. Only a single

19.2 Brett Lee to Mitchell Marsh, 2 runs, Brett Lee isn't happy with Steve O'Keefe as he wanted a better throw. It was very close, but the ump gives the BOD to Rimmington

Is Rimmington out? A run-out appeal against him. Looks very close. Brett Lee knocking the bails off after the throw from long on. What is the decision? Boos from the crowd. Not-out is the verdict.

19.1 Brett Lee to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR, Brett Lee has a wry smile on his face after the inside edge races past the stumps. Very good ball from Brett Lee, yorker length outside off, Mitchell Marsh digs it out and is lucky that it didn't crash back onto the stumps

18.6 Starc to Rimmington, FOUR, 21 off the Starc over. This is a streaky shot. Full and wide outside off, Rimmington flayed at it and the thick edge flew through the vacant slip region. Third man was too wide and the luck isn't going the Sixers way

18.4 Starc to Katich, FOUR, bad ball and belted. Very short outside off, Katich waited for it and then pulled it hard and over mid wicket. Deep mid had no chance. Starc has gone for 17 off his 4 balls.

18.3 Starc to Mitchell Marsh, 1 run, driven to extra cover, who makes a diving stop to keep it to a single

Starc now changes to over the wicket

18.2 Starc to Mitchell Marsh, SIX, That is a hammer blow. Too full outside off, Mitchell Marsh smashed it straight into the sight-screen, just cleared it. He has timed his assault pretty well. Starc under pressure. Doesn't know what to do and where to bowl against Mitchell Marsh.

18.1 Starc to Mitchell Marsh, SIX, that is off the toe end and still it has gone over deep cover for a six. Mitchell Marsh reached out and sliced it over cover. The bats are so good these days that it has gone all the way

17.6 Brett Lee to Mitchell Marsh, 1 run, if Steven Smith had hit direct from cover, Mitchell Marsh was gone. He missed and Marsh gets away. Gave up and Steven failed to hit at Brett Lee's end.

17.5 Brett Lee to Katich, 1 run, good yorker on off. Katich jams it out, takes a single as it goes towards point

17.4 Brett Lee to Mitchell Marsh, 1 run, Dropped by Steve O'Keefe at mid wicket. Straight in and out. Low full toss, hammered to him, he got both hands on it and couldn't hang on

16.6 Starc to Katich, 2 runs, flicked wide of long on and good enough for a couple

16.5 Starc to Katich, FOUR, now the French cut goes over a four. Full and wide outside off, Katich inside edging a booming drive past his leg stump, beats a sliding Lee at fine leg

16.4 Starc to Katich, no run, the crowd boo after Starc hurls the bouncer to his NSW team-mate. Katich hooking and it went over the head. Should have been called a wide, not done so

16.3 Starc to Mitchell Marsh, 1 run, again falls short of sweeper cover. Hit on the up and Henriques again didn't pick it with the sun scorching into his eyes. Takes it on the bounce

Simon Katich, left handed bat, comes to the crease

16.2 Starc to Collingwood, out Caught by Steven Smith at cover!! Collingwood skies it to Smithy. It was full on off, Colly went for the big hit and a good catch by Steve. The sun into his eyes and with no protection in the form of glasses or a hat, he has taken it easily. Shows how good a fielder he is. Collingwood c Steven Smith b Starc 32(25) [4s-4]

15.6 Moran to Collingwood, 2 runs, Henriques didn't pick it initially and was heading the wrong way, swiped to him at deep mid, he managed to find the direction of the ball in time and hurled it back in. Does not prevent the 2nd

15.5 Moran to Collingwood, FOUR, a pre-meditated paddle sweep and it nearly proves to be costly for Collingwood. A top edge over short third after it was dug in by Moran. It bounced more and Collingwood awkwardly helped himself to a boundary

15.4 Moran to Mitchell Marsh, 1 run, yorker length on off, dug out to long off

15.3 Moran to Collingwood, 1 run, gets forward and drives wide of mid off and a quick single is taken

15.2 Moran to Collingwood, 2 runs, another well run two as he works it in front of deep mid. Easily done

14.4 MacGill to Mitchell Marsh, no run, Mitchell Marsh went for the pull and missed it. It was flat and faster down leg, rolled off the forearm past the stumps

14.3 MacGill to Collingwood, 1 run, shortish outside off, pulled with a cross bat to long on, completely mistimed that

14.2 MacGill to Mitchell Marsh, 1 run, 50 for Mitchell Marsh after he drives to long on. A pretty babe in the crowd sports a banner which reads: 'Marry me Marsh'

14.1 MacGill to Mitchell Marsh, 2 runs, shouts of 'catch' but it falls in no-man's land at deep cover. Mitchell Marsh slicing the inside out cover drive after stepping out. Was beaten by the flight and the turn on that delivery

13.6 Moran to Collingwood, FOUR, that's great batting from Collingwood. Now tries the reverse paddle and executes it beautifully. Past short third inside the circle. Moran has his hands on his head, as it was played from the stumps. Lovely shot to a full toss on the stumps

13.5 Moran to Mitchell Marsh, 1 run, low full toss on off, Mitchell Marsh drives to long off

13.3 Moran to Collingwood, no run, full and outside off, square driven straight to the fielder at point. Needed to find the gap, for no one was outside the circle

13.2 Moran to Collingwood, FOUR, that's Collingwood at his best. Knows that short fine is up and takes a couple of steps out, before paddling the outside off ball over the man inside the circle. A boundary all the way. Smart!

13.1 Moran to Collingwood, no run, Collingwood shuffles across to off and drives the pitched up delivery back to Moran

Ian Moran, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack

12.6 MacGill to Mitchell Marsh, no run, pushed through quicker from the front of the hand on the stumps, Mitchell Marsh defends

12.5 MacGill to Collingwood, 1 run, turns it to the vacant square leg area

12.4 MacGill to Mitchell Marsh, 1 run, gets forward and defends with an open face to point, looks at Collingwood and they make it easily

12.2 MacGill to Collingwood, 1 run, short on the stumps, pulled hard to deep square leg, wanted two, but not there as Maddinson charges across

12.1 MacGill to Mitchell Marsh, 1 run, short and coming back in, Mitchell Marsh makes room and cuts it square of the wicket

11.6 O'Keefe to Collingwood, no run, dabbed softly to point, no chance of a quick single

11.5 O'Keefe to Mitchell Marsh, 1 run, goes on the backfoot and punches it to long on

11.4 O'Keefe to Mitchell Marsh, SIX, that is a massive shot. Comes down the track and smashes it into the top tier of the long on fence. Got to the pitch of the ball and gave it the full monty. He has hit that really well. Calculated striking

11.3 O'Keefe to Collingwood, 1 run, gets forward and pushes it into the gap at cover

8.6 MacGill to North, out Caught by O'Keefe at short fine!! MacGill gets the big one. He roars. A top edged sweep to a googly which bounced. North fails to control the sweep. Easy catch. North c O'Keefe b MacGill 22(24) [4s-3]

MacGill to North, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

8.5 MacGill to North, no run, very wide outside off, North reaches out and toe ends it back to MacGill

8.1 MacGill to North, 1 run, slow turn into the pads of North who turns it to square leg

Stuart MacGill, right-arm leg break, comes into the attack

7.6 O'Keefe to Mitchell Marsh, no run, flatter and the arm ball skidding on, but sliding down leg as it raps Mitchell Marsh on the pads. A loud appeal has been turned down

7.5 O'Keefe to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR, flatter and shorter outside off, Mitchell Marsh cuts it in the air over point. Slowly rolls away into the deep point ropes. Didn't time it well enough, but still will get a boundary

7.4 O'Keefe to Mitchell Marsh, no run, turned to mid wicket

7.3 O'Keefe to Mitchell Marsh, no run, defended to short cover, lots of hesitation between the two. Nevill threw it back to O'Keefe, who ttried to bring the ball back down, but couldn't. North gets back in. The batsmen would've been kicking themselves if they had given a cheap wicket

7.2 O'Keefe to North, 1 run, comes down the track and works it to deep square leg, the 50 run stand is up between the two

6.6 Henriques to Mitchell Marsh, 1 run, an open faced defence to cover point and he retains strike

6.5 Henriques to Mitchell Marsh, SIX, that is a clean clean strike. Again Henriques bowling too full and outside off, Mitchell Marsh just unfurled the lofted shot with a full face of the bat and the ball just landed beyond the ropes at long off. Marsh looks very dangerous. Crisp, clear strike.

6.4 Henriques to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR, in the air, but just wide of cover. A lofted cover drive and since mid off is inside the circle, a boundary he will get. Henriques bowling too full

6.3 Henriques to Mitchell Marsh, 2 runs, flicked in the air to deep mid wicket, good enough for a couple

6.2 Henriques to Mitchell Marsh, no run, and another back of a length delivery outside off, Mitchell Marsh defends to point. No chance of a single

6.1 Henriques to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR, back of a length outside off, Mitchell Marsh stands tall and punches it hard square of the wicket. Sweeper cover had no chance going to his left, though he had just a few paces to move. Top timing on that shot

5.6 O'Keefe to Mitchell Marsh, 1 run, gets forward and defends wide of cover, they take a single this time

5.5 O'Keefe to Mitchell Marsh, no run, some turn for O'Keefe, Mitchell Marsh gets back and nudges it late to point

5.4 O'Keefe to Mitchell Marsh, no run, too short outside off, cracked hard off the backfoot, just short of cover. Mitchell Marsh wouldn't be too happy that he didn't put that away. Was a boundary ball

4.6 Henriques to North, no run, rocks back and punches with a high elbow, but straight to the fielder at cover

4.5 Henriques to North, no run, and he leaves one outside off now. Don't see that very often in this format

4.4 Henriques to North, FOUR, full and wide outside off, North goes up and over cover. Well wide of mid off as well. If you place that well, you will always get a boundary and that's what North will get.

4.2 Henriques to North, 1 run, North defends that near his feet and Mitchell Marsh responds, Steven Smith came charging forward and tried to break down the stumps. Collided and demolished the stumps, but the batsmen were in

4.1 Henriques to North, FOUR, Henriques comes on and immediately drags it short. North swives and pulls in the air down to the deep backward square fence. A poor ball and rightly dealt with

Moises Henriques, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack

3.6 Starc to North, 1 run, shuffles across to off and drives wide of mid on. A quick single is taken

3.5 Starc to North, no run, almost holed out. The bat face turned in his hand as he tried to loft it over mid on. Falls well short of mid on though

3.4 Starc to North, 2 runs, too straight from Starc, North nicely tucks it between the two men at deep backward square, manages to get two

3.3 Starc to North, no run, and again. Finds cover this time with a drive on the rise

3.2 Starc to North, no run, full on the stumps, driven sweetly to mid on, finds the fielder. Pity that North couldn't find the gap

3.1 Starc to North, no run, back of a length delivery and rising outside off, North defends off the backfoot

2.6 Brett Lee to North, 1 run, North shuffles across to off and works the back of a length delivery to deep square, retains the strike with that run

2.5 Brett Lee to Mitchell Marsh, 1 run, Maddinson again into the picture running across from mid off and saving three runs. Low full toss punched past the stumps after Brett Lee failed to get the yorker right

2.4 Brett Lee to Mitchell Marsh, no run, a bit of a stare from Brett Lee after Mitchell Marsh defended it back down to him

2.3 Brett Lee to North, 1 run, that looked a risky single at first glance, but Mitchell Marsh was in. Was a little slow to react, but made it after North dabbed it in front of point and ran. Dom was the fielder and his under-armed flick missed the stumps

2.2 Brett Lee to North, no run, back and across before defending it back down the pitch

2.1 Brett Lee to North, no run, North leaves that as it slants across on a fuller length outside off. Brett Lee is really running in and bowling with pace

1.6 Starc to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR, too full and too wide outside off, Mitchell Marsh gets forward and drives it through cover. Played on the up and the fast outfield does the rest. 2nd boundary of the over

1.5 Starc to North, leg byes, 1 run, another leg-bye as it strikes North on the pads, well down leg

1.4 Starc to North, FOUR, great effort by Maddinson at the deep mid fence, but it couldn't prevent the boundary. Flicked away stylishly by North and Maddinson made a spirited effort after running a long way across, but failed to save the boundary despite a dive. First boundary of the innings

1.3 Starc to North, no run, solidly defended off the backfoot

1.2 Starc to Mitchell Marsh, leg byes, 1 run, off the pad after Starc angled it down leg, they take a leg-bye

1.1 Starc to Mitchell Marsh, no run, lovely delivery from Starc. Gets this to angle across Mitchell Marsh, who pokes out without any conviction, is beaten

Mitchell Starc, left-arm fast medium, comes into the attack

0.6 Brett Lee to Mitchell Marsh, 1 run, Henriques makes a fine stop at cover. It was driven hard and to his right, he dove full length and stopped it. The ball rolled away, and he couldn't prevent the single.

0.6 Brett Lee to Mitchell Marsh, wide, was there an edge on that as well? No. Down leg and Mitchell Marsh tried to glance, but there was no bat on it. Wide called

Mitchell Marsh, right handed bat, comes to the crease

0.5 Brett Lee to Ronchi, out Caught by Nevill!! What an opening over this is from Brett Lee. But a bad shot from Ronchi. It was full and wide outside off, Ronchi went for the booming drive and the thick edge was snaffled well to his right by the keeper. It was travelling and Nevill caught it well. Brett Lee is jumping up and down. 2 down and this is still the opening over. Ronchi c Nevill b Brett Lee 2(4)

Brett Lee to Ronchi, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

0.4 Brett Lee to Ronchi, no run, Brett Lee is really up for today. Threatens to hurl it back to Ronchi after he defended it back to him. The crowd boo

0.3 Brett Lee to Ronchi, no run, left alone to a full ball outside off, that was pacy from Brett Lee

0.2 Brett Lee to Ronchi, 2 runs, nice start for Ronchi. Flicks this through mid wicket. Good enough for a couple. It was sliding down into the pads and Ronchi put it away

Luke Ronchi, right handed bat, comes to the crease

0.1 Brett Lee to Gibbs, out Caught by Dominic Thornely at deep square leg!! What a start. Someone catch Brett Lee. He has run all the way to Dom. Gibbs stands there in disbelief. It was a short delivery, angling into Gibbs, down leg as well. Pulled straight to the fielder. Straight down his throat. Brett Lee is fired up and high-fives with Dom. Fab start. Just what the final wanted. The in-form Gibbs is gone and that is a big blow. Gibbs c Dominic Thornely b Brett Lee 0(1)

Brett Lee to Gibbs, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Fascinating scene - the Cup is being delivered in a helicopter. A Sergeant unveils the trophy and the captains pose with it. Brett Lee has the ball. Gibbs to face. Here we go. A couple of slips in place. A deep square is in as well.

Gibbs and North are at the crease. Gibbs is on strike. Brett Lee will open the attack

Both the sides have explosive players and some real T20 specialists in the form of Brad Hogg and Dwayne Bravo. With so many exciting players in action, it promises to be a cracker-jack of a game. Do stay tuned for the toss and the teams.

A warm welcome to the final of the Big Bash between the Perth Scorchers and the Sydney Sixers. The game will be played at the Scorchers' home ground - the WACA at Perth. The Scorchers and the Sixers have been the form sides in the tournament and it is fitting that they are facing off tonight.